US Secretary of State Has Reporter Thrown Out of Love Session for Islam Karimov
That didn’t go well. At a conference with some of the most repressive (in some cases, the most repressive) of the former Soviet Republics, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry fielded a question about the brutal dictator with whom he’d been sharing a stage — but stopped as his security detail tossed her out. As security men starting...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 30 October 2015
This Report is for the media and the general public The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”, including the Addendum. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM recorded much fewer explosions in Donetsk region as compared with previous...
Ukraine Takes a Breath As Putin Briefly Looks to Syria
Perhaps the only thing one might favorably say of being invaded by Russia these days is that the great bear can no longer walk and chew gum at the same time so well as it once did. So it is that Kyiv is taking a much-needed breather. While some are suggesting that this is the perfect time to tackle endemic corruption, that’s more a matter...
Breaking: Obama Puts US Boots in Syria – Where is Congress?
“I will not put US boots on the ground in Syria.” That was President Obama’s unequivocal statement to the American people just two years ago when he first planned to bomb Syria. He has repeated the statement several times, as he has also repeated his promise that he “will not pursue a long air campaign” in Syria and...
International election observers in Turkey to hold press conference on Monday
ANKARA, 30 October 2015 – The international observers monitoring the early parliamentary elections in Turkey will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 2 November, in Ankara. The international observation mission is a common endeavour involving the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...
Blast at East Ukraine Arms Depot Kills Two
Cease-fire holds as an OSCE monitor is sacked over anti-Ukrainian tirade and two Ukrainians go on trial in a Chechen courtroom for murder. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Early parliamentary election in Ukraine will only hinder modernization of the country
Deputy Director General, Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told the website Glavnoe about the threats of early parliamentary election in Ukraine. In Ukraine, certain political parties, and financial and industrial groups are trying to provoke early parliamentary election. Ukraine does not need early...
In the postponement of the “election” in the so called LPR and DPR, Russian position is clearly visible
Deputy Director General, Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told the Glavred website about the actual causes of the decision to postpone the election in the so-called LPR and DPR. The decision to postpone the “election» in the LPR and DPR is not an independent decision of the militants but the...
Moldova Faces Long, Hot Winter After Government Falls
Shadow of massive bank fraud hangs over the country’s liberal parties. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Will an 18-Wheeler Steal the Show at Next World Cup?
Russian companies are working on self-driving trucks. And tanks. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
